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Urban habitat complexity affects species richness but not environmental filtering of morphologically-diverse ants by Ossola, Alessandro, Nash, Michael A, Christie, Fiona J, Hahs, Amy K, Livesley, Stephen J

“…Habitat complexity is a major determinant of structure and diversity of ant assemblages. Following the size-grain hypothesis, smaller ant species are likely to…”
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Fire regimes and environmental gradients shape vertebrate and plant distributions in temperate eucalypt forests by Kelly, Luke T., Haslem, Angie, Holland, Greg J., Leonard, Steven W. J., MacHunter, Josephine, Bassett, Michelle, Bennett, Andrew F., Bruce, Matthew J., Chia, Evelyn K., Christie, Fiona J., Clarke, Michael F., Di Stefano, Julian, Loyn, Richard, McCarthy, Michael A., Pung, Alina, Robinson, Natasha, Sitters, Holly, Swan, Matthew, York, Alan

“…Fire is a global driver of ecosystem structure, function, and change. Problems common to fire scientists and managers worldwide include a limited knowledge of…”
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Responses of wasp communities to urbanization: effects on community resilience and species diversity by Christie, Fiona J, Hochuli, Dieter F

“…Urbanization is one of the most extreme and rapidly growing anthropogenic pressures on the natural world. It is linked to significant impacts on biodiversity…”
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Elevated Levels of Herbivory in Urban Landscapes: Are Declines in Tree Health More Than an Edge Effect? by Christie, Fiona J., Hochuli, Dieter F.

“…Urbanization is one of the most extreme and rapidly growing anthropogenic pressures on the natural world. Urban development has led to substantial…”
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Avian responses to the diversity and configuration of fire age classes and vegetation types across a rainfall gradient by Sitters, Holly, Christie, Fiona J., Di Stefano, Julian, Swan, Matthew, Penman, Trent, Collins, Peter C., York, Alan

“…•We examined relationships between bird diversity and landscape spatial pattern.•Bird richness responded positively to fire age class diversity and…”
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Global climate change and litter decomposition: more frequent fire slows decomposition and increases the functional importance of invertebrates by BRENNAN, KARL E.C, CHRISTIE, FIONA J, YORK, ALAN

“…Of the many mechanisms by which global climate change may alter ecosystem processes perhaps the least known and insidious is altered disturbance regimes. We…”
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No detectable impacts of frequent burning on foliar C and N or insect herbivory in an Australian eucalypt forest by Christie, Fiona J., York, Alan

“…Question: What is the effect of frequent low intensity prescribed fire on foliar nutrients and insect herbivory in an Australian eucalypt forest? Location:…”
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Urbanization affects the trophic structure of arboreal arthropod communities by Christie, Fiona J, Cassis, Gerasimos, Hochuli, Dieter F

“…Urbanization is one of the most significant causes of habitat fragmentation on the planet, resulting in substantial losses of biodiversity and disruptions to…”
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Influence of remnant and landscape attributes on Australian woodland bird communities by Major, Richard E., Christie, Fiona J., Gowing, Greg

“…This study investigated relationships between the composition of bird communities and remnant and landscape attributes including area, shape, vegetation type…”
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Variation in wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae) distribution and abundance in response to the size and shape of woodland fragments by Major, Richard E., Gowing, Greg, Christie, Fiona J., Gray, Mike, Colgan, Don

“…The wolf spider (Lycosidae) community of open paddocks and five different configurations of woodland habitat in the wheatbelt of New South Wales, Australia,…”
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The effect of habitat configuration on arboreal insects in fragmented woodlands of south-eastern Australia by Major, Richard E, Christie, Fiona J, Gowing, Greg, Cassis, Gerasimos, Reid, Chris A.M

“…The reduction in area of habitat patches and the concurrent increase in edge habitat associated with fragmentation of native vegetation have been shown to have…”
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Age Structure and Density of Red-Capped Robin Populations Vary with Habitat Size and Shape by Major, Richard E., Christie, Fiona J., Gowing, Greg, Ivison, Tessa J.

“…1. In order to determine the influence of habitat shape on aspects of the population dynamics of birds, 196 male red-capped robins Petroica goodenovii were…”
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Fuel for thought: Do litter-dwelling invertebrates mediate fine fuel loads in frequently burnt eucalypt forests? by Brennan, Karl E.C., Christie, Fiona J., York, Alan, Lawrence, Josie

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Elevated rates of predation on artificial nests in linear strips of habitat by Major, R E, Christie, F J, Gowing, G, Ivison, T J

“…Artificial nests monitored with automatically triggered cameras were used to determine the intensity of nest predation and the identity of nest predators in…”
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FIRE REGIMES AND ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS SHAPE BIRD, MAMMAL AND PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS IN TEMPERATE FORESTS by Kelly, Luke T., Haslem, Angie, Holland, Greg J., Leonard, Steven W. J., MacHunter, Josephine, Bassett, Michelle, Bennett, Andrew F., Bruce, Matthew J., Chia, Evelyn K., Christie, Fiona J., Clarke, Michael F., Di Stefano, Julian, Loyn, Richard, McCarthy, Michael A., Pung, Alina, Robinson, Natasha, Swan, Matthew, York, Alan

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Elevated Rates of Predation on Artifical Nests in Linear Strips of Habitat (Tasas Elevadas de Depredación en Nidos Artificiales en Parcelas Lineares de Habitat) by Major, Richard E., Christie, Fiona J., Gowing, Greg, Ivison, Tessa J.

“…Artificial nests monitored with automatically triggered cameras were used to determine the intensity of nest predation and the identity of nest predators in…”
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